Influencing Without Authority

Having a position of authority is only one small piece of being a leader. A more important aspect of being a leader is exercising your influence. The savviest leaders know that behaving in ways that influence the feelings, thoughts, and actions of others is the piece that will ultimately give them traction. Join us online […]

Develop Your Impact Reporting Strategy

Impact reports can be one of your most valuable donor stewardship and cultivation tools, but shops often lack an overall strategy to implement them efficiently and effectively. Especially now, when many advancement teams are facing reduced resources, reporting can be challenging and time consuming. No matter the size of your shop, you will leave this […]

Susan Pyron

Susan E. Pyron has direct responsibility for the alumni association’s board of directors and oversight of the annual giving, athletic giving, alumni relations, and parent relations offices focusing on constituent engagement and securing current operations support. Previously, Susan was the executive director of the Commission on the Future, a project that engaged nearly 400 alumni, […]

Victor Borden, Ph.D.

Vic specializes in institutional research, student learning outcomes assessment, and higher education organizational effectiveness. He writes, consults, and teaches workshops on these subjects. He has published more than 100 articles and book chapters and delivered more than 200 presentations and workshops throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Africa. He is also senior advisor to IU’s […]

Transition Programming: From Student to
Alumni Professional

This online training will help you execute programming that both prepares your students for life after graduation and builds connections with your alumni or advancement office. We will highlight Indiana University’s innovative “Life After IU” transition programming that successfully prepares students for professional life while building affinity for the institution. During this training we will […]

Molly Schaller

Molly has conducted extensive research on students’ sophomore-year challenges and successes. Prior to her faculty position, she worked for ten years in student affairs administration. Molly conducts research on college student development, specifically on sophomore students and the sophomore-year experience. In addition, her research has been to understand the relationship between learning space, learning, engagement, […]

Claudia Marin Andrade

Claudia Marin Andrade is the Dean of Students and Deputy Title IX Coordinator at the State University of New York at Old Westbury, with near 20 years of experience in Higher Education. Claudia is responsible for overseeing the Colleges response to unlawful discrimination and sexual violence, which includes coordinating sexual violence prevention and education efforts […]

Is Your Academic Program Sustainable? 5 Key Indicators

How do you measure academic program demand? The former CFO at Stanford discusses 5 key indicators that can help you gain confidence and clarity in your academic program decisions. by William F. Massy, Consultant to Higher Education, Former CFO at Stanford Universities can no longer take the sustainability of their academic programs for granted. Pressures on […]

Dr. Andrew Luna

Dr. Luna has served over twenty-six years in higher education, with fifteen of those years in institutional research. He has published research studies on many topics including assessment, quality improvement, salary studies and market research. Dr. Luna received his PhD and MA degrees in higher education administration and his MA and BA degrees in journalism, […]

Eliza McNulty

Eliza leads the university’s fourteen-person central donor relations team and works with senior development staff and colleagues across campus to shape the vision for comprehensive donor relations at Stanford. Prior to Stanford, she held donor relations, communications, and development positions at YMCA of the USA, Loyola University Health System, and the Elks National Foundation. Eliza […]